Shamed: More faces of those who ran riot in Manchester and Salford

13:05, 24 August 2011

ByManchester Evening News

The M.E.N. is committed to publishing the faces of all those convicted of being involved in rioting to prove to the world that Manchester and Salford won't tolerate such mindless yobs. Round-the-clock justice has seen almost 100 riot suspects hauled into the dock. The number of people passing through Manchester Magistrates Court’s 50 holding cells has quadrupled in the aftermath of mob violence in the city.

The M.E.N. is committed to publishing the faces of all those convicted of being involved in rioting to prove to the world that Manchester and Salford won't tolerate such mindless yobs ...

Round-the-clock justice has seen almost 100 riot suspects hauled into the dock. The number of people passing through Manchester Magistrates Court’s 50 holding cells has quadrupled in the aftermath of mob violence in the city.

A string of rioters are already serving sentences after courtrooms stayed open for an unprecedented overnight stretch.

Our reporter John Scheerhout has been granted permission to send live Twitter updates to this site direct from Manchester Magistrates' Court where other suspected troublemakers are being dealt with. Follow his updates on our live blog on the front page of the site.

The court sat until 6.30am in the morning - opening up again at 10am as suspected looters were bussed in from police stations across the city.

The youngest of the offenders were just 12-years-old – one was recruited by a woman looter to steal wine from a smashed up supermarket.

One rioter came to the city because he thought it would be a ‘laugh’ to see it get trashed – and then filled up a shopping basket with looted champagne and chocolates.

A 50-year-old man singled out volunteers for abuse when they tried to clean up the city in the aftermath.

Another rioter was blasted for his ‘despicable’ behaviour after being caught red-handed with a charity box for a cancer charity. Daniel Bell
dropped a MacMillan cancer charity box – which contained £50 - when police approached the ransacked electrical store he was swaggering out of in the early hours.

The court heard his finger-prints were also all over a blu-ray player inside the shop, Maplins, at Oxford Road.

Bell, 30, of Davenport Road, Hazel Grove, admitted burglary, awaits sentence, and was remanded in custody after being told his behaviour was ‘truly wicked’.

Felix Jones
fled the same ransacked store with three large bags before punching the riot cop who chased him in the face. The 25-year-old, of Shrewsbury Street, Old Trafford, admitted burglary and has been remanded in custody.

Another looter was caught with £1,000 of jewellery after he was found injured in a brawl outside a pub on Ducie Street. Drunken Gary Herriott
, 48, of Talgarth Road, Collyhurst, who has 126 previous convictions, was arrested after he was treated at hospital. Herriott admitted burglary and awaits sentence from behind bars.

Police also caught a student taking a camcorder worth £200, again from Maplin’s electronics shop. Hamza Alamin Abubakar
, 19, of Sergeant Drive, Moss Side, admitted burglary. He was remanded in custody, to be sentenced at the crown court next month.

Brazilian national Leandro Santos Desaevasconcelos
, 21, of Clayton Street, Failsworth, appeared in court accused of burglary at Alfred E Mutter jewellers and going equipped to steal with a rock. No plea was entered and his case has been adjourned.

Domenyk Noonan
, 47, who has changed his name to Lattlay-Fottfoy, from Wellington Road South, Stockport, appeared in court charged with handling stolen alcohol and cigarettes. He did not enter a plea and was remanded in custody.

Thomas Anthony Livingstone
, 20, of Sylvan Avenue, Timperley, denied a charge of threatening a police officer and was remanded in custody.

A boy of 16, from Manchester, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared charged with stealing nine bottles of wine from Tesco Express on Princess Street in Manchester. He did not enter a plea and awaits the next stage of his case behind bars.

A boy of 15 from Wythenshawe admitted being part of a group that threw rocks at police in the town, leaving a female inspector injured. He was remanded s case was adjourned for sentencing.

A 14-year-old from Heywood denied possessing an article with intent to cause criminal damage.

Two boys aged 15 and 16 from north Manchester admitted burglary with intent to steal after they were caught by police inside the Maplin's store on Oxford Road after it had been smashed open by rioters. The 15-year-old denies having smashed a window at the Miss Selfridge store before it was set on fire. They were remanded in custody.

A girl of 17 from south Manchester admitted burglary after the court heard she looted bags of food from Gregg's bakery. Her case was adjourned until September.

District Judge Finestein said: "These children are running wild."

Peter Ellwood
, 50, Lamport Close, Manchester, subjected volunteers to abuse as they swept up the mess in the aftermath of the chaos. He pleaded guilty to two public order offences and was conditionally discharged for 12 months. He was also ordered to pay £65 court costs.

Judge Berg told defendants who admitted charges that they had brought shame on themselves, their families and society at large.

They included Dayle Blinkhorn
, 23, of Mallow Street, Hulme, and student John Joseph Millbanks
, 26, of Mereside Walk, Hulme, who both pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods.

The court heard they were inside a car stopped by police on Portland Street in the early hours of Tuesday morning. A 32-inch Bang and Olufsen television worth £4,500 was found inside. They were remanded in custody for sentencing.

Alcoholic Shelly Bishop
, 38, of Manchester Road, Middleton, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in Piccadilly Gardens the morning after the riot, wasting valuable police time. She was sentenced to two months imprisonment suspended for 12 months for drunk and disorderly.

Jordan Lee Kelly
, 20, of Kerswell Walk, Newton Heath, pleaded guilty to going equipped for burglary, was sent to a young offender's institution for six months.

Gareth Okoro
, 30, of Shepherds Grove, Deighton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, also entered no plea to a charge of theft at Sainsburys. All three were remanded in custody for a committal hearing on September 22 .

Karl Brown
, 27, of no fixed abode pleaded not guilty to burglary relating to the Pretty Green boutique in Spring Gardens. He entered no plea to a case of handling and will reappear in court on the other charge.

Manchester Metropolitan University student Kumail Rizvi
, 19, of Hill Lane, Manchester, denied a charge of affray. He was remanded in custody.

Ian Jones
, 36, of Kilmington Drive, Cheetham Hill, pleaded guilty to attempted to enter a store with intent to steal in Broughton, Salford. He was remanded in custody until sentencing.

Hodan Hussain
, 20, of Barleycroft Street, Moss Side, pleaded not guilty to stealing nine bottles of wine and an electronic scanner from Tesco Express on Princess Street and was remanded in custody.

Mark Robert Phillips
, 32, of Broadstone Road, Stockport, pleaded not guilty to stealing a bottle of spirits worth £15 from Olives Delicatessen and to a charge of violent disorder and has been remanded in custody.

The first rioters to be jailed were sent down on Wednesday afternoon, before the court closed at 5pm.

The courts re-opened at 7pm and sat into Thursday morning.

Among those dealt with in the overnight sessions were beer-swigging cyclist Paul Obanyano
, 42, of Cowesby Street, Moss Side, who was jailed for 14 weeks after admitting a public order offence and obstructing a police officer.

Aaron Grima
, 22, of Cromwell Road, Eccles, was jailed for four months after admitting assaulting a police officer.

Que Nguyen
, 23, of no fixed address, is accused of throwing bricks and sticks at a police van during disturbances in Salford. He is charged with violent disorder, but did not enter a plea.

Ross Lynch
, 24, of Bexley Walk, Newton Heath, denies swearing at a police officer during a stop and search in Ancoats.

Daniel Moran
, 26, of Grazewood Avenue, Cheetham Hill, is accused of going equipped, possession of cannabis and a public order offence. He did not enter a plea.

Student Peter Bugososlavsky
, 20, of Park Range, Rusholme, entered no plea to a charge of possessing a knife.

Heather Russell
, 19 and her friend Danielle McShane
, 20, both of Grassmere Avenue, Warrington, are accused of burglary from the Tesco Express store on Princess Street. Neither entered a plea and were remanded in custody.

A 17-year old from Chorlton admitted burglary with intent to steal cigarettes from Sainsbury’s on Bridge St. The youth was bailed.

Another youth, also 17, from West Didsbury, admitted handling three items of clothing looted from Liam Gallagher’s Pretty Green.

Stephen Carter
, 26, of James Street in Salford, admitted receiving stolen goods worth £500 from Pretty Green on King Street and has yet to be sentenced.

Darren Byrne
, 46, Purslow Close, Beswick, appeared in court charged with burgling Dawson Music Store and stealing an acoustic guitar. He was remanded in custody.

Jason Hedgecock
, 24, Citrus Way, Pendleton, appeared in court charged with using or threatening unlawful violence. He has been remanded in custody.

Ingrid Smith
, 58, of Caldervale Avenue, Chorlton, is accused of entering Tesco Express on Oxford Street as a trespasser and stealing goods. She was remanded in custody.

Jade Wallace
, 22, of Hale Lane, Failsworth, appeared in court charged with entering Tesco on Princess Street as a trespasser and stealing booze and razor blades. She was remanded in custody.

Dale Siddall
, 18, of Ascot Road, Newton Heath, appeared in court charged with burgling Cathedral Jewellers stealing a watch, bracelet and ring worth £200. He was remanded in custody.

Darren Aiken
, 21, of Cobden Street, Blackley, is charged with burgling Jessops on Princess Street on August 10 and stealing binoculars worth £99. He was remanded in custody.

Peter Bugososlavsky
, 20, of Park Range, Rusholme, appeared in court accused of being in possession of a kitchen knife in St Ann’s Square on August 10. He was remanded in custody.

Samuel Konneh
, 30, of Godbert Avenue, Chorlton, appeared in court charged with possessing a black balaclava for use in the course of theft and two further counts of burglary, alleged to have taken clothes worth £6,980 from Diesel store on King Street and garments worth £646 from Jack Wills store, also on King Street. He was remanded in custody.

Stuart Gallagher
, 42, of Moston Lane in Moston, is accused of burgling Spa stores and taking two bottles of liqueur worth £40.

Wade Bridgewood
, 20, of Chesham Avenue in Wythenshawe, appeared in court charged with affray and has been remanded in custody.

Reece McDonagh
, 21, of Parrs Wood Road in Withington, is accused of burgling Foot Asylum on Cross Street stealing a baseball cap worth £25. He was remanded in custody.

Steven Keith
, 43, of Kirkmanshulme Lane in Longsight, is accused of burgling M1 News and stealing items worth £1. He has been remanded in custody.

Shame of schoolboy riot thief, aged 12

A BABYFACED looter aged just 12 told a judge he was 'sorry' for stealing a bottle of wine from a smashed-up supermarket during the riots.

The north Manchester youth, pictured, who cannot be named for legal reasons, ran into the Sainsbury's store on Quay Street and grabbed the £7.49 bottle after a woman asked him to get her some alcohol. He told District Judge Jonathan Finestein at Manchester Magistrates' Court : "I wasn't thinking. I've done the wrong thing. I'm sorry." Stuart Kaufman, defending, said the boy was 'very contrite'. He was given a nine month referral order and his mum was ordered to pay £50 costs after he admitted burglary.

Mr Finestein told the boy's mum: "Parents have got to be responsible for their children. It's a sad reflection on society, but at the end of the day it's not good enough. It's for you to ensure your son is looked after and you know where he is at all time. I'm afraid you are as responsible as he is."

The boy's mum said after the case: "He knows he's done something wrong and he is sorry. I went into town looking for him on the night. He's been punished for what he's done. He has had his phone taken off him and he's grounded."

Mum hands son to police after seeing his face in riot picture

A TEENAGER suspected of looting has been arrested - after his mum spotted him in a picture of the mayhem - and dragged him to a police station. Officers were left stunned when the 15-year-old was marched in to the station by the furious parent.

She had seen his face in a picture of Tuesday's trouble. One police source said: She confronted the lad and persuaded him to hand himself in. It was good to see." He was arrested on suspicion of burglary and was being quizzed in police custody last night.

M&S thief facing jail

A BRAZEN looter climbed through a smashed window at Manchester’s Marks and Spencer and helped himself to expensive champagne and confectionery.

Lee McAloney, 21, was caught red-handed in the city centre store by police dog handlers with a packed shopping basket of goods, a court was told.

He is now facing jail after pleading guilty to charges of burglary and going equipped for theft. He was also found to be in possession of a glass hammer.

Manchester magistrates court heard McAloney, of Kilburn Avenue, Blackley, told police officers after his arrest that he had been invited into the city centre by a friend during the riots ‘for a laugh’.

Susan Taylor, prosecuting, said: "Everyone else was looting so he thought he should join in."

Deputy District Judge Alan Berg told McAloney: "Nobody finds it amusing. There is nothing funny if you are a victim of crime. This type of behaviour is utterly intolerable and no civilised society should be expected to put up with it."

McAloney was remanded in custody.

Violin teen faces the music

A TEENAGER was caught wandering through town with a stolen violin at the height of the violence.

Stefan Hoyle, 19, told officers at Princess Street ‘he had always wanted’ to learn how to play the fiddle. Hoyle, of Richmond Hill apartments, Trinity, Salford, pleaded guilty to theft and was sent to a young offender’s institution for four months. His parents sobbed as he was sentenced.

Our reporter John Scheerhout has been granted permission to send live Twitter updates to this site direct from Manchester Magistrates' Court where other suspected troublemakers are being dealt with. Follow his updates on our live blog on the front page of the site.

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